by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
—Bl. Basil Moreau.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
by bringing the hope of the Gospel to all the world.
Year of Mission
Celebrate With Us! The Year of Mission Begins on April 28, 2025
Join the Congregation of Holy Cross in celebrating the Year of Mission 2025— “Hope Beyond Borders”—a global call to renew missionary zeal, beginning April 28, 2025, on the 185th anniversary of the first Holy Cross mission.
Year of Mission
Crossing Borders, Finding Grace: A Holy Cross Reflection on Mission
“Our mission sends us across borders of every sort. Often we must make ourselves at home among more than one people or culture, reminding us again that the farther we go in giving the more we stand to receive.” – Con 2:17, Richard Potthast, C.S.C.
Education. Parishes. Mission. HCFM. Healing
The Congregation of Holy Cross (C.S.C) is a Roman Catholic International Religious Congregation composed of two distinct societies of religious Brothers and Priests “bound together in one indivisible brotherhood”. We were Founded in 1837 by Father Basil Moreau, anchored in our Charism as Educators in Faith and our Spirituality: Ave Crux, Spes Unica (Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope) in our ministries of parishes, schools, colleges/ Universities, Holy Cross family ministries, Health Centers and Formation Houses with preferential option to the poor. Educating the Mind and the Heart to give Hope.
Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 1:6
Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 1:6
Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 1:6
Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 1:6
Our Charism
As Educators in the Faith
We teach the Minds and Hearts of all whom we minister to in our different ministries guided by Zeal: the burning desire to make God known, Loved and Served. This is the particular gift that the Holy Spirit gave the Congregation through our founder, Blessed Basile Moreau, in order to build up the Church and to respond to the needs of the world.
Mind
Seeking Understanding through the integration of faith and reason. they also seek to form the minds of young people in institutions and parish ministry preparing good citizens of the world and kingdom of God.
Heart
Walking side by side with those we minister to discern our personal vocation in service to the church and the world with the zeal to serve, build faith and give hope.
Our Spirituality
Ave Crux, Spes Unica "Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope"
The spirituality of our Congregation is written in the spirit of Jesus Christ. That is the motto that Blessed Basil Moreau gave to the Congregation of Holy Cross. The words come from the ancient hymn Vexilla regis prodeunt written by Fortunatus and traditionally sung on Good Friday. They capture well the life and work of both the Congregation and Fr. Moreau. We are men with hope to bring precisely because we know the true power of Christ’s resurrection. We have witnessed how God can transfigure sin and death – what can seem to be most hopeless – into wellsprings of love and new life.
Digital Event
Global Rosary Prayer for Peace
Join us and our ministries in the Province of East Africa as we respond to our Superior General’s invitation to unite as a family and pray for world peace, an appeal of the Holy Father.
The event will commence at 6:00 p.m. Ugandan time (16th Feb 2024)
Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows 2024
Our Lady of sorrows Pray for us
“There stood by the Cross of Jesus his mother Mary, who knew grief and was a Lady of Sorrows. She is our special patroness, a woman who bore much she could not understand and who stood fast. To her many sons and daughters, whose devotions ought to bring them often to her side, she tells much of this daily cross and its daily hope”
Holy Cross Province of East Africa
Priests and Brothers
The Congregation of Holy Cross, Province of East Africa Priests and Brothers is currently home of …
OUR FORMATION PROGRAM
Vocations and Formation
“Candidates who come to the congregation deserve from us the cultivation of their maturity, faith, generosity, learning and ability to live in community. With them we assess their character and growth as Christians, and we both discern and assist them to discern whether they are disposed and able to move towards joining our congregation.” (C6.61)
New Provincial Superior Elect.
Rev. Fr. Peter Caxton Mayanja, C.S.C
On 9th January 2024, the Province of East Africa, Elected Fr. Peter Caxton Mayanja C.S.C as the 2nd Provincial. He Succeeds Fr. Cyprian Binaka, C.S.C who led the province of East Africa from January 8th, 2023, when the province was inaugurated. We pray for blessings and the gift of wisdom on to our new provincial.
News Publications
Our Mission is the Lord’s
“Our zeal is always guided by charity. Everything is done with strength and gentlenes. ” – Blessed Basil Moreau
Following Jesus, the Great One
Coming Events
“With eyes of faith consider the greatness of your mission and the wonderful amount of good which you can accomplish.” – Blessed Basil Moreau
Final Vows & Diaconate Ordinations – Congregation of Holy Cross, Province of East Africa (May 2025)
Congregation of Holy Cross, Province of East Africa📍 McCauley Formation House, Nairobi, Kenya The Congregation of Holy Cross, Province of East Africa, with hearts full of joy and thanksgiving, cordially...
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